Maria Sanchez

Summer Unwritten

Chapter One As I walked the downtown streets of Raleigh, taking in the sweet, fragrant summer air. The warm breeze gently kicked up and swayed the cherry blossom that tinted the city streets and windows pink. It was the season of sensational love, of romance, and here I found myself alone for the first time. I think this was the first time I understood the gravity of my situation. The unsettling feeling that begins to overcome your body. Tightening and rising from your gut, The queasiness from all the decisions that lead you to here. A dropout, who turns away from family and community. A woman who walked away. I guessed that was okay, if not I’d have to learn to be. Luckily for me, I had no issue confronting who I was at that moment. Someone who needs a fresh start. Someone who needs to find a place to sleep by tonight and someone who needs a job because currently, I was down to my last 300 dollars.